[ncc-services-wg] Feature request

Hi,

On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 04:42:37PM +0100, Denesh Bhabuta wrote:
> So, if LIR no longer has any control over the PI space via any sort  
> of MNT, why should PI space still reside within LIR membership  
> 'account' and continue contributing to membership size? Either ISP/ 
> LIR should be able to remove PI Space from their membership or not be  
> indirectly charged for it.

ripe-330, appendix I has the following to say regarding PI space:

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Note: For AS Numbers and PI IPv4 allocations, only the allocations from 
the past 12 months dating back from the 30 September 2004 are taken into 
account as these resources are allocated or assigned on behalf of third parties.
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so, as of today, the LIR is only charged for the very year where a PI
network or AS number is assigned (and previous years didn't charge PI/ASn
at all).

Regarding the future, this is something for the RIPE General Meeting 
to decide (not the "RIPE meeting", which is open for everyone, but the
RIPE AGM, which decides things like billing, and is open for RIPE members
only).  Unless the AGM decides to change this rule, it's going to stay
the same for the next year.

Personally, I think this approach makes sense.  PI and AS numbers *do*
cause work at the NCC, so a LIR that assigns lots of them should pay
more.  OTOH, the PI/AS holder might just go away afterwards, so charging
the "correct" LIR for many years after the assignment is going to be
administratively difficult (and likely unfair, in many cases).

Gert Doering
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